CHIERICATO (Clericatus), GIOVANNI. — Theologian and canonist of the Congregation of the Oratory, born in Padua on 8 September 1633, died in the same city on 29 December 1727. He held various ecclesiastical offices and was also vicar general of the blessed Gregorio Barbarigo.
He left the following works, which are deservedly esteemed: *De virtute et sacramento poenitentiae* (Padua 1702); *Decisiones sacramentales theologicae canonicae et legales* (Venice 1727); *Discordiae forenses* (Padua 1734): this work deals, among other things, with ecclesiastical benefices and pensions; *Via lactea, seu Institutiones Iuris canonici* (Padua 1717).
BIBL.: B. Iberti, *Memorie intorno alla persona ed alle opere di mons. G. C.*, Padua 1790.